[26:00] Beyond the Bars: Lester speaks from Port Phillip Prison during NAIDOC 2004 about the cycles of reincarceration and the need for community for Indigenous peoples ||
[46:05] The Art of Incarceration: Producer and Director Alex Siddons come son the show to talk about his feature documentary The Art of Incarceration. Debuting at the closing night of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, The Art of Incarceration follows the creative lives of three men incarcerated at Fulham Correctional Centre where The Torch helps Indigenous prisoners find their artistic voice and supports their art on the outside. The encore screening on the 31st of July will take place at Cinema Nova with tickets available at the festival website ||
[1:00:07] Possums Not Paper: VicForests has commenced logging in forests only just recovering from the 2009 Black Saturday fires. In response to this, residents of the Kinglake area have come together to form the Kinglake Friends of the Forest and through non-violent direct action, have succeeded in halting logging for two days. Karena and Sue come on the show to tell us why it is vital to save this forest and to invite you to join the community against logging. The community is coming together to show opposition to logging in the area this Monday the 22nd at 2:30pm in Lions Park, cnr Extons Road and Whittlesea-Kinglake Road, Kinglake Central. Find the group at their facebook page Kinglake Friends of the Forest ||
[1:14:43] Raise Newstart Now: Momentum is building in the Australian Labor Party in support for a raise of the Newstart payment, but is this too little too late? Kat from the climate, economic and social justice youth organisation YOUNG comes on the show to talk about the need to raise Newstart and the impact the lowered threshold for HECS debt repayments will have. Find out more by searching Young Campaigns on Facebook at the website youngcampaigns.org ||
Grace Hall, Sonia Randhawa, and Zoe
